Show I Salt Lake Man Gets High Place in Elks Grand Lodge Lodgek g C k 4 S 1 4 w V n w IL i 4 1 i I A J Davis newly appointed grand esquire of Elks lodge Word reached Salt Lake last evening of the appointment of A J Davis DaYis president of the city council of Sat Salt Lake as grand esquire of the grand lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks The appointment is 18 one of great honor aad and one that is eagerly sought after af er by members of ot the grand lodge In point of desirability and im importance importance Importance it is ill second only to that of or grand exalted ruler The appointment of Sir Lr Davis as grand esquire was unsolicited and came caine as a complete surprise to the recipient There were applicants for tor the position and it was practically conceded that it would go to some BOrne eastern man manIt manIt manIt It was probably given to Mr Davis as asa asa asa a reward for His is active Work in the grand lodge meeting at Los Angeles last July The appointment was made by byJ J U Sammis of La Mar Iowa grand ex exalted exalted exalted alted ruler of the Elks Mr Sammis was elected grand exalted ruler over ever August Garry Herrmann of Cincin Cincinnati nati by a majority of only bt fn votes Mr Ir Davis was wag an active Sam Sammis Sammis mis ml worker and succeeded in securing for Mr Sammis every Utah vote in inthe inthe Inthe the grand lodge lOOse save two Is Always Active Ever since the organization of Salt Lake lodge No 85 of the Benevolent Ben and Protective Order of Elks Mr Davis has taken an active interest in the lodge ledge He has bas been prominently con connected connected with its charity work and with the building of its home borne In the spring of 1908 Mr Davis was elected exalted ruler of the local 1081 lodge of Elks by a vote that was practically unanimous Last spring he was chosen a member of the grand lodge of ot Elks without op opposition opposition opposition position At the Los Angeles s meeting of ot the theand Brand arnd and lortet I of Fl 5 Mr fr Davis harl charge of the Utah party and through his careful arrangements the Utah Elks were among the best treated of the visitors at the convention Mr lr Davis ability as a member of the grand lodge was recognized early in the proceed proceedings proceedIngs proceedIngs ings and he was given several important Important Important tant committee assignments He was among the floor door leaders for Sammis during the exciting grand lodge eke elec election tion His appointment as grand esquire in Is ina I Ia Isa a greater honor because of the fact tact that a member of the grand lodge serving serving v ving ing his first year as a member of that body is seldom if ever given an im important Important important appointive position The fact that in Importance the position po of grand esquire is the principal appointive position tion Uon In hi the gift of ot the grand ruler gives an idea of what this recognition recognition recognition means Duties of Grand Esquire As AM grand esquire quire e Mr Davis has entire en fD entire tire lire charge of the preliminary arrange arrangements ments for the grand lodge meeting m at Detroit next year He will decide on national headquarters arrange for tor forstate forstate state and local lodge headquarters and plan the program for tor the grand lodge sessions The great Elks parade is en entirely entirely lively in the hands of the grand es esquire esquire quire He H arranges the divisions plan the line of if march and assigns as the lodges to her places in the parade He is the grand rand marshal of ot the pan parade l The grand esquire accompanies s the grand exalted ruler on all of his official visits to the subordinate lodges This year Grand Exalted Ruler J U Sam Sammis Sammis Sammis mis plans to visit every one of the eleven hundred subordinate lodges lodes in including Including eluding Honolulu and possibly Manila Mr Davis Dis will probably accompany ny Mr Sammis on all of these thelle visits In 19 1905 5 Parley P Christensen was appointed grand rand esquire and served as such luring the Turner convention |